American Business MachinesBakersfield, CAwww.abm1.com Year Founded: 1925President/Owner: Ryan JonesNumber of Employees: 120Primary Vendors: Canon, Duplo, Formax, DellPrimary Solutions Offerings: Intermedia, Verkada, Axis, IT services, apparelPrimary Leasing Partners: Canon Read More

Advance Business SystemsCockeysville, MDwww.advancestuff.com Year Founded: 1964President/Owner: Jeff ElkinNumber of Employees: 140Primary Vendors: Ricoh/Savin, Canon, KIP, MBM, DellPrimary Solutions Offerings: DocuWare, Kofax, PaperCut, EFI, Treeno, Objectif Lune, Microsoft, Read More

Access SystemsWaukee, IAwww.accesssystems.com Year Founded: 1986President/Owner: Shane Sloan (CEO), Jay Agard (president of operations), Jon Joynt (president of sales)Number of Employees: 229Primary Vendors: Sharp, Ricoh, Toshiba, Lexmark, HP, Dell, LenovoPrimary Solutions Read More

All Copy ProductsDenver, COwww.allcopyproducts.comwww.verticomm.com Year Founded: 1975President/Owner: Brad KnepperNumber of Employees: 480Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Sharp, Canon, Muratec, KIP, Océ, HPPrimary Solutions Offerings: Verticomm, Verkada, Intermedia, FP Mailing, Read More

DEX Imaging, LLCTampa, FLwww.deximaging.com Year Founded: 2002President/Owner: Dan Doyle Jr.Number of Employees: 2,000+Primary Vendors: Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Canon, Ricoh, HPPrimary Solutions Offerings: PaperCut, Canon, DFI, PrinterLogic, Kofax, Patrol, DEX MPS, Staples Read More

There are those who would lead you to believe that our industry—and really, the business community as a whole—is a victim of circumstances. Four million Americans flock from job to job each month in search of greater pay, autonomy and personalized working conditions (read: work Read More

M&A Madness Takes Hold as Industry Lays Groundwork for Success As we close the book on another eventful calendar year, we can’t help but marvel at the volume of M&A activity that continues to take place. Even as you read this, significant transactions continue to alter Read More

There’s something to be said for momentum. It can be measured in physical terms through acceleration, but there’s also a psychological component tied to increasing degrees of success. The more success you enjoy, the greater the validation, fueling the belief that you are making Read More

Mike Stramaglio has accrued many impressive skill sets in his 40-plus years in the technology space. Unfortunately for him, perhaps, but luckily for the office technology dealer space, taking flight to Italy en route to a well-earned retirement was one project that appears to be Read More

Dear Santa,Greetings from New Jersey. I hope Mrs. C and all the hard-working folks at the North Pole are making progress toward that special night when you’ll load up the sleigh and deliver billions of treasures to all of the kind folks around the world. I was heartened to hear Read More

At a time when supply chain delays have cost dealers millions of dollars due to product backlogs, the domino effect has toppled the humble account representative in the process. It’s left dealers in a precarious position in handling compensation. Just how long the delay lasts can Read More

There’s a lot that can be said about Jim Coriddi’s value proposition. One thing is abundantly clear—the senior vice president, dealer division for Ricoh USA has impeccable decision-making skills. While working toward his degree at Montclair State University in New Jersey, the Read More

It’s been nearly three years since the music world lost perhaps one of the greatest drummers in Neil Peart, who succumbed to brain cancer in January of 2020 (an omen of things to come that year, for sure). At the time, we related his story and included an anecdote related to the Read More

One of the most prolific M&A jags in recent history continued late last week, as DEX Imaging acquired Hendrix Business Systems of Mathews, North Carolina. It was the eighth acquisition this year for the Tampa, Florida-based firm. Hendrix, which was recently named a 2022 Elite Read More

To know honor and loyalty is to know Hiro Ueda. The epitome of selflessness, he has made a living in putting the needs of others first. Most of all, Ueda’s story is one of blending two cultures, his native Japan and the United States, which he did without compromising his passion Read More